National Treasure Collectors Edition DVD Movie Review Jan 7, 2008
In a race against time, Gates must elude the FBI, stay one step ahead of his ruthless adversary (Sean Bean), decipher the remaining clues and unlock the 2000 year old mystery behind the United States greatest national treasure. If you have seen the first movie there isnt really much different to talk about. (MoviesOnline)
'Hobbit' Casting Call: We Want Ryan Gosling, Orlando Bloom For Tolkien Tale Dec 22, 2007
Although he's more of a straightforward good guy, lacking the nuance of representative men from "LOTR," we'd nevertheless like to see Jackson cast an actor who could invest the character with the same type of soul that Viggo Mortensen and Sean Bean did with Aragorn and Boromir. We'd like to see Jackson mend fences with Ryan Gosling, who left the director's adaptation of "The Lovely Bones.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
Movie Reviews 12-20-2007 Dec 21, 2007
Starring Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel. Synopsis: When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) great-great-grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in Abraham Lincoln s death. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
Hollywood's tragicomic adaptations of literary classics Dec 2, 2007
Thus, Al Pacino's Shylock in A Merchant of Venice is more Pacino than Shylock, Alec Guinness looks a funny white man in a dhoti rather than Professor Godbole in A Passage to India, Leonardo di Caprio is more an American teen heartthrob than an Italian suitor in Romeo and Juliet and Sean Bean is a largely clueless Ulysses in Troy in contrast the indomitable hero of the real epic. The trend sadly continues with the recent film adaptation of the ancient classic Beowulf. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Review: Exciting 'Beowulf' jumps off screen Nov 17, 2007
Beowulf is voiced by Ray Winstone, whose motion-captured alter ego is a buff blonde who looks more like the young Sean Bean. If there's something irritatingly cocky about a Geat who strips naked to fight a supernatural being on equal terms (Zemeckis goes to "Austin Powers" lengths to hide Beowulf's manhood), his adversary is a curiously sympathetic figure resembling a refugee from Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds exhibition. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Movie: 'Beowolf' an old story with a new twist Nov 15, 2007
Enter the Viking Beowulf (voice by Ray Winstone, body a digital amalgam of Sean Bean and Hulk Hogan), a fabled warrior who claims to have slain aquatic monstrosities and swum for a week against tidal wave seas. He's a hero with flaws of vanity and braggadocio as overblown as his physique. (Juneau Empire)
Hemsworth, Collins join 'Star Trek' Nov 14, 2007
Hemsworth just wrapped the indie feature "The Cache," opposite Sean Bean. Collins' credits include the upcoming indie features "The Perfect Game," "Horsemen," "Sunshine Cleaning" and "Still Waters." He just booked a supporting role in Relativity Media's "Brothers," opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire. (Variety)
Read the 'Beowulf' review Nov 12, 2007
Sporting some physical enhancements -- and consequently looking more like Sean Bean in "The Lord of the Rings" than himself -- the gravel-voiced Winstone manfully conveys the character's hubris ("I am Beowulf!" is his war cry and aspiring catchphrase) and, later, his weariness and regret. But this Beowulf is more vocally than visually commanding, never fully engaging the emotions the way a righteous medieval badass should. (Variety)
Were Spain's two artistic legends secret gay lovers? Oct 28, 2007
Stars: Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton, Sean Bean. Plot: Love triangle involving the Italian painter. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
'Diwali Buffet' on HBO with 'Mission: Impossible' Oct 27, 2007
Bunched under the HBO See It First segment, every Saturday night at 9 pm, are films such as North Country, starring Charlize Theron and Sean Bean and You, Me and Dupree, starring Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson. Shruti Bajpai, Country Manager, HBO, South Asia explained the rationale behind the channel's emphasis on variety, particularly when targeting the Indian audience. (Televisionpoint.com)
HBO still going strong after seven years Oct 26, 2007
Bunched under the HBO See It First segment, every Saturday night at 9 p.m., are films such as North Country, starring Charlize Theron and Sean Bean and You, Me and Dupree, starring Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson. HBO South Asia Country Manager, Shruti Bajpai explained the rationale behind the channel s emphasis on variety, particularly when targeting the Indian audience. (Hindu)
'Far North': Love in a cold climate Sep 25, 2007
Sean Bean stars in Asif Kapadia's new thriller, 'Far North ... Actor Sean Bean talks to the Screening Room at the Venice Film Festival ... Stars Michelle Yeoh, Sean Bean, Michelle Krusiec and crew spent four weeks living on a Russian ice-breaker and shooting in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Women's football Sep 17, 2007
This niceness spills over into the BBC studio, where Karen Walker, the former Doncaster and Leeds player - who has a South Yorkshire accent so broad she makes Sean Bean sound like Brian Sewell - the Charlton player Jo Potter, and token male Gavin Peacock, are reluctant to criticise even the most flagrant howler. They are in that difficult position - part pundit, part unpaid PR for a sport that is growing in popularity but remains desperate for new recruits, and their tendency is to do as Bing... (Guardian Unlimited)
Law, Miller reunite on stage Sep 14, 2007
Jude Law and Sienna Miller reunite on stage. SEARCH MOVIE LISTINGS: lect. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Road to nowhere| Sep 9, 2007
But the hitcher (played by an admittedly creepy Sean Bean) only has eyes for Jim and Grace. Soon he's talked his way into their car and thus begins the killing spree. (iAfrica.com)
'Essex Boys' murder case may be reopened Sep 8, 2007
The murders feature in a film out this week called Rise of the Footsoldier and in another, Essex Boys, released in 2000 and starring Sean Bean. Steele and Whomes were jailed for life in 1998. (Guardian Unlimited)
Spies, lies, and enough sex to frighten the reindeer Sep 2, 2007
The young British director pits the unlikely Sean Bean and Michelle Yeoh alongside newcomer Michelle Krusiec in a bizarrelove triangle set among reindeer and ice floes in a stunningly photographed Arctic. Like his debut The Warrior, it's about survival, fate, the natural and the supernatural, a film not afraid to be bloody and brutal, showing animals killed as in old-school geography books rather than eco-sensitive modern wildlife docs. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Miller rejects 'Sleeparound' nickname Aug 25, 2007
The 'Factory Girls' actress - who dated Jude Law for two years and has been romantically linked to a string of men, including Daniel Craig, P. Diddy and Sean Bean - denies she is as promiscuous as people think. She said, "I always hear things about me and different men. Is my nickname Sleeparound Sienna? I can assure you I'm not.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
In movies, a climate of unease and plots of revenge Aug 24, 2007
" It stars Sean Bean as a returning Iraq veteran who forms a gang that metes out deadly justice in a country plagued by violence and crippling political correctness. "Where we are in London I think is where New York was in the late '80s," said the film's director, Nick Love, by phone from a boat off Sardinia. "There's lots of gangs and shootings. It didn't use to happen in England. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Sienna Miller falls for co-star Aug 16, 2007
15, 2007 07:49 AM Sienna Miller has fallen for her new co-star Sean Bean, it has been reported. The actress, who is said to be smitten with the handsome 'Lord of the Rings' star, recently invited him to spend a romantic evening at her west London home and even cooked Sean a special beef stew. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Live from New York| Aug 16, 2007
Apparently, embarrassment isn't part of Miller's world, as she reportedly sets her sights on yet another of her leading men this time Sean Bean, who's starring with her in the Oscar Wilde gem 'A Woman of No Importance' (soon to be renamed 'A Woman of Absolutely No Ability Not to Chase Anything in Pants'). Says a source of Sienna's thoughts on Sean: "She is completely mesmerised by Bean already. She has told friends that she can't help feeling transfixed by his green eyes and loves the fact... (iAfrica.com)
Richard Branson throws water over chatshow host in live TV tantrum... Aug 15, 2007
Serial dater Sienna Miller has a habit of falling for her co-stars, and it seems actress is now smitten with actor Sean Bean. the body language between Geri Halliwell and a new male companion on the French Riviera suggests she may have found love again. (The Drudge Report)
New Love For Sienna? Aug 15, 2007
Up next, The Metro says Sienna has had to deny rumours saying she was besotted with fellow actor Sean Bean. Our crystal ball verdict. (Sky News)
Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List August 20-26 Aug 8, 2007
Begins at 6 a.m. (ET/PT) on Encore Love Friday, August 24 Summer of Stars (More Information: ) Flightplan -- (Jodie Foster, Sean Bean, Peter Sarsgaard) 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Starz Cinema World Television Premiere Weekend hosted by Jeff Goldblum (More Information: ) Shut Up and Sing 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Cinema Country music superstars The Dixie Chicks were riding high when they made an onstage statement critical of the U.S. President. Follow the story as the band struggles to re-define... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Spike TV Television Highlights - September 2007 Aug 7, 2007
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean and Izabella Scorupco. MURDER MARATHON Telecasts Sunday, September 30 (7:00 PM - 4:00 AM, ET/PT). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Starz Entertainment Programming Highlights Aug 1, 2007
Bloodsucking Cinema at 8 p.m. * Underworld: Evolution at 9 p.m. - (Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen) * Blade at 10:50 p.m. - (Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson) * From Dusk Till Dawn at 1 a.m. - (George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel) * Dawn of the Dead at 3 a.m. - (Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer) * Bloodsucking Cinema at 4:45 a.m. * Scream at 5:45 a.m. - (Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courtney Cox Arquette) * Silent Hill at 7:45 a.m. - (Radha... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Fellowship certain at `Lord of the Rings' Symphony Jul 20, 2007
Sean Bean played the part of this sensitive character in the movies, and Kretschmar fell for him in his role. Some people think that because the movies have come to an end and media attention has faded that fan interest has lessened, Kretschmar said. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Brown kicks off premiership with fundraising party Jul 13, 2007
And, somewhat less obviously, Tim Campbell, winner of the first series of The Apprentice, Sven-Goran Eriksson's on-off squeeze Nancy Dell'Olio and actors Richard Wilson and Sean Bean - the latter a guest of former sports minister Richard Caborn (both are dogged Sheffield United fans). However, as the night wore on it began to emerge there was some confusion about the nature of the event. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Why the Rushdies are rushing to divorce Jul 8, 2007
Britney Spears has set tongues wagging after being spotted out with this mystery man. By PAUL SCOTT - Last updated at 00:59am on 7th July 2007. (Daily Mail)
Where is Andy?US woman's search for her childhood friend abducted in 1976 Jun 13, 2007
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Sean Bean leads football protest Jun 13, 2007
Sean Bean said he hoped MPs would listen to the protest. Hollywood actor Sean Bean is leading a delegation to Parliament to protest at the way Sheffield United were relegated from the Premiership. (BBC News -- UK)
'Wronged nation'Huge sense of injustice in Pakistan after police drop Woolmer case Jun 13, 2007
"I think they and the ICC combined to spare a major embarrassment to themselves, the Pakistani cricket team and the Pakistani government. "Had they declared it a murder, it could have serious implications for the Pakistani team," he said. BOB WOOLMER DEATH LATEST NEWS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS HAVE YOUR SAY RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites MOST E-MAILED Russian 'ninja' arrested in Italy Blast hits key Iraq Shia shrine SA braced for... (BBC News -- South Asia)
Justin invites gorgeous Jessica on Manchester date May 16, 2007
She is shortly due to start filming Oscar Wilde's A Woman Of No Importance with Sean Bean and Annette BeningPhoto: Getty Images. Justin invites gorgeous Jessica on Manchester date. (hellomagazine.com)
Video game Fallout 3 hires Liam Neeson May 11, 2007
That game, Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls IV, featured voice work from Patrick Stewart, Lynda Carter, Sean Bean, and Terence Stamp. The character in Fallout 3 isn't just a "for hire" gig because the character in the game was actually written with the actor in mind and, according to Reuters, provides the dramatic foundation for the entire Fallout 3 experience. (Actress Archives)
Liam Neeson in Fallout 3 May 9, 2007
Both Patrick Stewart and Sean Bean provided voices for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Guide. (IGN PC Games)
DVD releases for this week May 3, 2007
"The Hitcher" A deranged hitchhiker (Sean Bean) terrorizes a couple in this thriller that's accompanied by an alternate ending and other deleted scenes. The movie comes as a standard DVD or in a disc with both the DVD and HD DVD formats. (Greeley Tribune)
Who's who of SheffieldSO who would you include in a list of famous (and infamous) Sheffielders who have helped make the city what it is today? Apr 4, 2007
Besides the obvious and the great and the good politicians like David Blunkett, writers such as Margaret Drabble and performers like Michael Palin or Sean Bean the compilers have spread their net widely. As befits Sheffield, it is a much more democratic mix than most cities would dream up. (Sheffield Today, UK)
* The road to hell is paved with blood, guts and bad intentions Mar 23, 2007
As the mass-murdering, hero-framing title character, the British actor Sean Bean brings parched charisma, a nondescript "American'' accent and an overachiever's commitment to nuance. In the original, Rutger Hauer's lip-smacking baddie was Satan with a driver's license. Bean's version plays like the murderous hero of Crime and Punishment reimagined as a wraithlike stalker. He's a sadistic philosophical theorist, mucking with people who didn't get the memo saying God is dead. Today's Words... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Vengeance comes back with a bang Mar 11, 2007
Love's film, starring Sean Bean, courts controversy, allying itself to a genre that still labours under the yoke of the taboo. Yet while it wraps itself in a cloak of immorality, it, nevertheless, pleads for sympathy with its cast of anguished fathers, sons and husbands wreaking vengeance on an underclass that wrecked their lives. (Yorkshire Post Today)
From Croatia With Love Mar 8, 2007
Sean Bean was up for the role of Bond at one point only to end up playing the villainous 006 in GoldenEye. In addition to ER, Goran Visnjic's stateside credits include Ice Age, Elektra, Practical Magic, The Deep End and The Peacemaker, opposite George Clooney (whom he later replaced on ER). (IGN FilmForce)
Trailer trash Mar 5, 2007
So many offered 100 that the producers had to limit numbers of would-be extras to watch Sean Bean, Bob Hoskins and Danny Dyer in gory action. LECT. (The Observer)
From Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Terror Knows No Bounds as the Producers of 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Unleash the Action-Packed, Bloody Thrill Ride, 'The Hitcher' Mar 2, 2007
Sophia Bush ("John Tucker Must Die," "One Tree Hill") and Zachary Knighton ("The Prince and Me") star as college students who are terrorized and framed for a killing spree by a sociopathic drifter, portrayed with chilling intensity by Sean Bean ("Lord of the Rings Trilogy," "Flightplan") ... A road trip takes a deadly turn in this terrifying thriller about a young couple (Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton) tormented by a psychotic hitchhiker (Sean Bean) who forces them to face their fears head-on... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Return of the screen vigilante Feb 25, 2007
Starring Sean Bean and Bob Hoskins, the movie follows the group as they mete out summary justice in a contemporary Britain riven with violence. The film centres on an Iraq veteran played by Bean who returns from active service only to be greeted by abusive youths and endemic street crime. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
- Where have our black and Asian actors gone? Feb 24, 2007
He's also starring alongside Sean Bean and Bob Hoskins in Nick Love's new thriller Outlaw. Plane drain. (Guardian Unlimited)
Also reviewed: 'Silent Hill' Feb 13, 2007
Casting is equally reasonable: Radha Mitchell ('Man on Fire', 'Finding Neverland'), Sean Bean ('Lord of the Rings', 'Flightplan') and Deborah Kara Unger ('Crash'). Throwing in the fact that the 'Silent Hill' games have a decent, and genuinely frightening storyline, a small seed of hope began to manifest itself. (iAfrica.com)
02-08-2007 Movie mini-reviews Feb 9, 2007
Starring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton ... The film tracks the terrifying trajectory of Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) and Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton), a collegiate couple who are tormented by the mysterious hitchhiker John Ryder, a.k.a. The Hitcher (Sean Bean). (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
Super Bore: CBS drops ball more than Grossman Feb 7, 2007
The most comical ad was probably a tie between GM's suicidal robot and the axe wielding Bud Light hitchhiker (which I would like to think is a spin on the endless 'Hitcher' previews starring Sean Bean, who has fallen sharply since the Boromir days). Overall, though, the ads were disappointing. (LionsFans.com)
Movies that are still playing in the Fredericksburg area Feb 1, 2007
Sean Bean (top) and Sophia Bush star in 'The Hitcher,' a remake of a film about a road trip gone terribly wrong. ROGUE PICTURES/ASSOCIATED PRESS. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Too violent for children Jan 25, 2007
Sean Bean stars in this uninspired, uninteresting remake of the 1986 horror-slasher hit (with the same title and also an R), playing on our fears of strangers, set against desolate stretches of highway in the American West. Sophia Bush and Zachary Knight play college students who narrowly avoid hitting a man on the road at night, then encounter him at a gas station and agree, out of guilt, to give him a ride. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
latest reviews by rob hedelt Jan 25, 2007
Likewise, the initial run-in this young couple has with "the hitcher," played with ultimate disdain by Sean Bean, comes off as scary and all too possible. At this point, this film is on track, making you wonder what's going to come of this obviously fateful meeting. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Trench with a View Jan 24, 2007
But it isn t long before they encounter the hitchhiker, John Ryder (Sean Bean), again in a gas station, and trusting Jim agrees to give him a lift ... The Hitcher would have been considerably less fun to watch without the talents of Sean Bean on hand ... (You might say Sean Bean is to The Hitcher what Philip Seymour Hoffman is to Mission: Impossible III ; an excuse for watching, dare I say enjoying, a possibly-worthless movie. (San Antonio Current, TX)
'The Hitcher' Jan 24, 2007
Who would pick up a hitchhiker after seeing what Sean Bean can do ... Starring: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Hitcher Gets Stomped Out Jan 24, 2007
The Hitcher, which stars Brit heavy Sean Bean in the menacing role originally played in 1986 by Dutch heavy Rutger Hauer and Sophia Bush taking over for C. Thomas Howell as an imperiled Good Samaritan, could only scare up a $2,758 average at 2,835 locations per studio tallies Monday, a disappointing haul for a movie that some industry prognosticators had predicted would come in on top. But that title belonged to Sony's high-stepping Stomp the Yard. (E! Online)
Ditch this 'Hitcher' Jan 23, 2007
John Ryder (Sean Bean) can't get his car towed till the next day, so he asks Jim for a ride to a motel. Along the way, Ryder reveals that he's not simply a man with car trouble. (Scripps News)
Still Stomping the Competition Jan 23, 2007
The remake of the 1986 horror film of the same name features Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton as a young couple harassed by The Hitcher, played by Sean Bean. Will Smith s drama "The Pursuit of Happyness" dropped to fifth from third position with $6. (Playfuls.com)
Dance drama holds US box office Jan 23, 2007
The movie, a remake of the 1986 cult horror starring Rutger Hauer, also features Sean Bean in the villainous title role. Stomp the Yard stars Columbus Short as a raw but talented dancer who tries to win a girl's affections by entering a "stepping" competition. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
`Hitcher' remake is simply a pitcher Jan 23, 2007
Peter Lovion / Rogue Pictures Sean Bean (top) and Sophia Bush star in the remake of 'The Hitcher,' a big miss on a film that was never really a hit ... As the villain, Sean Bean still displays the stubbly man-funk that made roles such as that of the historical hero in the long-running BBC musk 'n' muskets Sharpe series so memorable. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
The Hitcher (2007) Movie Review Jan 23, 2007
Their story tracks the terrifying trajectory of Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) and Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton), a college couple who are tormented by the mysterious hitchhiker John Ryder (Sean Bean) ... Sean Bean, who reprises the Rutger Hauer role and makes it his own, is an intelligent actor who frankly deserves better material to showcase his considerable talent ... That said, what some may argue is another unnecessary remake becomes a nevertheless entertaining film due in large part to a... (MoviesOnline)
Hitcher remake hits some speed bumps on the road to thrills Jan 22, 2007
This is John Ryder (Sean Bean, The Lord of the Rings trilogy), a mysterious character with a nice face and friendly smile. Grace and Jim let him into their car, and before they know it, he s telling them they re going to die. (Boston Herald)
Queen enjoys Globe bounce at US box office Jan 22, 2007
Sean Bean steps into the shoes of Rutger Hauer as the eponymous hitchhiker, a killer who first rides with, then ambushes a young couple on a road trip in their 1970s Oldsmobile. Elsewhere, the previously released Night at the Museum, Dreamgirls and The Pursuit of Happyness took second, third and fifth places with $13m, $8. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Skip the ride with 'Hitcher' Jan 21, 2007
Sean Bean is the menacing force in "The Hitcher.". MOVIE REVIEW. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
'The Hitcher' remake falls flat Jan 21, 2007
Starring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton and Neal McDonough ... Sean Bean, as John, is a solid replacement, especially in the early scenes where he transforms from polite passenger to raging psychopath. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Drive right past this 'Hitcher' Jan 20, 2007
Sean Bean, who played Boromir in "The Lord of the Rings," takes on the role of a serial killer who hitches a ride with a young couple in a remake of the 1986 horror movie "The Hitcher." (Van Redin) ... They're cute, they bicker, they're boring as hell, and then they pick up Ryder in a storm, this time played by Sean Bean, Boromir from "The Lord of the Rings.". (Boston Globe)
Hitcher remake is surprisingly scary Jan 20, 2007
Starring: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Kyle Davis, Neal McDonoughDirector: Dave MeyersRun time: 1 hour, 23 minutesMPAA rating: R. You do have to suspend all disbelief and assume that the menacing hitchhiker, John Ryder (Sean Bean in the Rutger Hauer role), has the supernatural ability to be everywhere all the time, with increasing amounts of firepower. (MSNBC -- Movies)
The Hitcher (2 stars out of 5) Jan 20, 2007
The Hitcher' Cast: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton Director: Dave Meyers Running time: 1 hour 23 minutes Industry rating: R for strong bloody violence, terror and language ... Who would pick up a hitchhiker after seeing what Sean Bean can do. (Orlando Sentinel)
